Article: Consumer Action Receives $50,000 Grant From Providian Financial for Its Healthy Children Organizing Project.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Action announced today that it received a $50,000 grant from Providian Financial (NYSE: PVN) in support of its Healthy Children Organizing Project. This new partnership directs funds toward a critical issue in children's health and well-being.

Consumer Action, a nonprofit advocacy and education organization that has served consumers since 1971, has a national reputation for multilingual consumer education and advocacy in the fields of credit, banking, insurance, utilities and HMOs. Perhaps less well-known is Consumer Action's advocacy on behalf of San Francisco's children through its Healthy Children Organizing ...

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